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Titlesort descending Data Durability Deployment Model Ease of Setup and Use Risk Category Specific Needs Cost Data Performance & Limits Campus Support
AWS S3 Glacier Archive Exceptional Cloud Assistance Needed Low & Moderate High PHI / HIPAA High Archive

If you are new to AWS, you can use the AWS Pricing Calculator to learn about cost before you submit your request and start to use your new account.
  • <12 hr for standard retrieval
  • <48 hr for bulk retrieval
  • Vendor Support
  • Online & Community Support
  • UIT Account Provisioning Support
  • UIT Professional Services Support
AWS S3 Object Storage Exceptional Hybrid Cloud & Campus Moderate Low & Moderate High PHI / HIPAA High Archive You may want to use the AWS Pricing Calculator to learn about cost before you submit your request.
  • Vendor Support
  • Online & Community Support
  • UIT Account Provisioning Support
  • UIT Professional Services Support
Azure Blob Storage Exceptional Hybrid Cloud & Campus Moderate Low & Moderate High PHI / HIPAA High
  • Vendor Support
  • Online & Community Support
  • UIT Account Provisioning Support
  • UIT Professional Services Support
BaRS (Backup and Recovery Service) Exceptional Cloud Assistance Needed Low & Moderate High PHI / HIPAA High Archive
  • UIT Professional Services Support
Google Cloud Platform Cloud Storage Exceptional Cloud Moderate Low & Moderate High PHI / HIPAA High Archive

Use the GCP Price Calculator to understand estimated cost. (Note the university discount negotiated between Google and Stanford is not applied in this calculator.)
  • Vendor Support
  • Online & Community Support
  • UIT Account Provisioning Support
  • UIT Professional Services Support
Google Drive High Cloud Easy Low & Moderate High PHI / HIPAA High Collaboration
  • Until Aug 31, 2024: Free unlimited storage
  • Until Aug 31, 2025: Up to 500 GB at no cost
  • After Sep 1, 2025: Up to 50 GB at no cost
  • Note: My Drive storage limits will be adjusted for those who use Stanford Gmail
  • $0.15 / GB / year 
  • High speed and performance
  • Limited to upload of 750 GB / day
  • Limited to 400,000 files and folders / Shared drive
  • Vendor Support
  • CRC Desktop Support
Microsoft 365 OneDrive High Cloud Easy Low & Moderate High PHI / HIPAA High Collaboration
  • Currently free. However, due to changes announced by Microsoft, the service will see storage limits that align with Google Drive at a future date, and charges will apply for storage over 50 GB.
  • High speed and performance
  • Vendor Support
  • Online & Community Support
  • CRC Desktop Support
Research Computing Oak Storage Moderate On Campus Moderate Low & Moderate
  • $45 / 10 TB /month
  • $600.00 / 250 TB /month
  • Access to and management of gateway to Oak Storage $79 / month
  • Management of backup for Oak storage $7.17 / month
  • See Oak Storage rates for more details
  • Performant if accessed from Sherlock or SCG cluster
  • Slower if over NFS, Samba
  • Limited to 1.5 million files per 10 TB
  • UIT Professional Services Support
UIT File Storage High Hybrid Cloud & Campus Easy Low & Moderate High
  • UIT Professional Services Support
UIT Media Storage High Hybrid Cloud & Campus Assistance Needed Low & Moderate High Video Editing
UIT Secure File Storage High Hybrid Cloud & Campus Easy Low & Moderate High PHI / HIPAA High
UIT Server Disk Storage High Hybrid Cloud & Campus Moderate Low & Moderate High PHI / HIPAA High
  • $0.31 / GB / month (High Performance)
  • $0.10 / GB / month (Standard Performance)
  • See Storage Rates webpage for more details
  • UIT Professional Services Support
Wasabi Cloud Storage Exceptional Cloud Moderate Low & Moderate High PHI / HIPAA High Archive
  • $5.70 / TB / month
  • $5.45 / account / month (billing administration)
  • Value-oriented and high-performance